The Republican journal., 1887-09-08
Love, Charity and Spirits.

A STORY COMBINING THE PRACTICAL WITH
| THE ROM \NrIC. GREAT SENSATION AMONG
THE SlIlIrt ALISiS.
4 story involving much of the romantic. but
more of the practical. is just beginning to gain
| circulation in Cincinnati, ohio. Back in the
| early sos James Gordon. then middle aged
man of considerable property, and Miss Hat
tie Downing, Il young lady who had devoted
| herself to home missionary work, and became
acquainted, with Mr.. Gordon by c;llln. on him
F; for Il subscription, were intimate friends.
| Among their ac,Iliainnnccs it was supposed
| they were more. Gordon was somewhat &C.
centric in dress. and the young laly'> fric nds
| frequently rallied her on her ancient and
| unique beau. After time the two almost inn
pcrccptibly driftcd apart and finally lost sight
| Of each other Miss Downing married George
| Mackenzie, Scotchman, and their welded
| life was 4 happy one. They accumulated con-
| siderable Of this worlds goods and lived in
| rood ~tvlH there and in Dayton. beside spending
| one season in london. Eng. 1t was while in
| Canada that Mr.. Mackenzie met Miss Helen
! Stewart Rrhin@S. now we'll known lecturer
and who takes a great interest in the project
of Mrs. Mackenzie. In London She became IL
| friend of the Baroness Birdet-CouttS. who
also offers assistance 10 the home
| Gortion ~r,w richer and richer until he was
rated millionaire The last few wears of his
| !, nnt Imn,y,, .I,.,, h ny,r tintlt '' .,,nI -
| ~ NJ M.,,,,..;', II !. ,..t,in ~ t, t,,,n
| ,.>nr ~ ,,J ,nvnr ,c,rl f,nn n,.h ntI,or
| \ few years ago. While III New York OH Il
business trip, Mr.. Gordon became
| DEEPLY INTERESTED IN srIHIrU ALIsM,
| developing into an enthusiast. In New York
| he formed the acquaintance Of Miss Shell
Iiau>er, a Boston medium. temporarily in the
metropolis. She is widely known in Boston.
| The aru,lantanre ripcned into Il warm friend
Ship, and the lady came to spend much of her
| time in that city. and was with Gordon when
his rather uncX Xpccted death occurred. 1t was
| understood they We're cnga tcl to be married.
| Gordon, will contained L number Of Spen-
| did charitable provisions, but gave the larger
| part of his fortune to Miss ShelIha,lser, who
| returned to Boston and resumed her scanccS.
| Ever Since her wilowhood Mrs Mackenzie
| had been engaged in various charitable schemes,
| principal, those relating to the welfare of or
l,hail children She made three voyages to
| England in pursuit of information and plans,
and was always helped by Baroness Bur,lett-
C"uttS While in London Mrs. Mackenzie be-
| came !, partial convert to SpirualiSm She
| hcicvcs in spirit communications but not in
| matcraliZaton
'ne S'"t '9o ShI ue'crhi'"c'. on pan Iof
| fnn,I. for # iJnr ,,l,n cI,,tonnml,fnd tbo nm
| chase of :. f,rIo nf l,n ,.rcs rr,r Jcvinnton
Nv CnriousI, orn,l.b t,,;> far,n ,,loinS thn
Oh, Henry rjav 1ronnrtv .nI as the Great
| ro,nmon.r ti~ures in The story. ;his c,uscs mn
us,,rI interest to attach 10 thr selection.
She intended 10 take ont ~ ch;I,lrcn-13 Girls
ma 10 Lovs-,nd thrs,. III until =, certain s,,m
w,. r,i.ci-SSi,o for, .r,l and !, ou, fnr ), hnv
TO ,nay for clotLin" nn1 r,lucatin.. thr or
! pl.,us \o child was IN L,. turned nut mon thr
| worl, mill OF aur and t7,nrou.rhly cnuinnr,
| far life. hattlc with n trade DR. nrnfcSsinu If
amy ,,nrt of tLn trust funl rc,nrin.l when Tho
| ri
he Given tn !, Thr farm wnulJ if WINS c,l,u-
| latrI nroyi,Ir ,huudant fnoI Mrs N,cL,u
! Iir rstim,tcL ,h,t sS5 0oo wnulJ he the sum
mnn,1.I tn S,,r, |h. in, ,i,,,tnn ,,ut ~, y un,aii
.,l,. sh,. at nrcn ho,+,u L.r ,ynrl. nf cI,.r;,v
| anI nov In. fuur ornh,,is in her hn,sn Wiz
| IN mnrr ,,roy;IrL fnr mi rn,Iv Ia come when
| t,, ornl,auarr i nnrn.I III yarinus w,vS
| Mrs N,ckrnzir succeeded in scc,,r;n~ s.,D odn
| of the I,.sir., So Oop when ,l,nut Six wnnLs
| ,.n thn mysterious n..,r,,r,urn- ,hnu, to ln r.
| lat,L ,nI which are hrin~;n,. thr oruh.n,"c So
| urnnincntIr hnrnrn thr n,,l,li,. hnr,n ~ No.
v,lnn,
| Miss ShcII,auscr. the Boston mr,}ium. who
,rIim> Inh;, pirrnnnr .s Irr c"ntrn l,n.,,
r;rriyino snrit mnls,.rrs ,Iirrrti," hrr 10 :i,I
! an or,,h.ns' bnm,. in tlr W,st Ntnv If those
n,r.s.rns wnrr
.......
| SAID 10 iE FROM hENE. 'iAl'
I'll" Kentucky Statesman, hnt 'il not state The
| location to be assisted. The spirit of James
| Gordon also sent >i,niHr mc>>agc> In order
| to ascertain if other mediums had obtained
similar Or more explicit communications re-
| .a!,Iin@ the charity, notices We're inserted in
| various SpiritmaliStir publications in different
| paris Of the country. In response 70 one Of
| t!l-e notices, Miss Shchausrr rcr' wed i lett :,
| frnta Joseph kin>ry. of tn firm Of Post 4 tu..
| OF tincinnati Sayin. he had received Il Similar
| communication fro.n his tau4 4htor. who died
many years ago, 4, ihe a@c Of seven. She IN
| ,iir;led. however. that the Institution WAS
| either in or very near Cincinnati. Mr.. kIi>t.y
is one Of finrinl,ali'S leading citizens. Il man Of
! wealth, culture and influence. lie was for
| Years a member of the board of exposition
commissioners, and has held other important
| public positions. lille Oh his WAY east only
few weeks ago. to investigate this very mat
| ter, he was stricken ih apoprN. on a Ealti-
more " Ohio ir;li'i. near baklan'i Md, and his
death was expected for some days. He is now
able to be about his home.
\ few days after his atiliction, Mr.. k>ry
was The recipient of another message from his
| ,lau5 htcr. through II local medium. in which
Mrs. Mackenzie was designated as the head Of
| the clecmoSl nary institution. III 10 this time
| Mr.. kin>cv had never heard of the lady, but
| by means Of a directory located her. called and
learned her plans. At that time Mrs. Mac
| kcnZic had not heard that spirits Were inter-
e>tc,l in her project nor had she, SO far as she
knows, received a dollar through their inu-
en'r.. Before Mr. ih,insey could write East in
| forming Miss Sheliliau>cr Of his discovery.
| that laly communicated with Mrs. Mackenzie.
saving her control had informed her that it
| was to her Mrs. NJ that he had referred,
anl asked for particulars. # is said by those
concerned that prior to this Miss Shcllhau>cr
had never known or heard Of Mrs. Mackenzie.
| The Spiritu;lli-tic wcrld made acquainted
| with the fac- in the case. That was only :,
few weeks ago. but ever since then Mrs. Mac
kcnZie has been in receipt of food of letters
of inquiry, sympathy. and that which is more
substantial money. She has received notice
of $4,000 contribution, coming from Lon
| don, Eng. given by the SpirituaIiSt> of that
| city. Another of $3.50 was received from
in ssiyht, s25ooo more lhan the sum She had
These wholesale contributions have caused a
Sll2ht change III 'ne pans OF MIS-. Mafkch|i".